Jeffrey I Campbell, Mary Tabatneck, Grete E Wilt, Mingwei Sun, Wei He, Nicholas Musinguzi, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Gabriella S Lamb, Don Goldmann, Vishakha Sabharwal, Thomas J Sandora, Jessica E Haberer
Area-based sociodemographic markers, such as census tract foreign-born population, have been used to identify individuals and communities with a high risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection in the United States. However, these markers have not been evaluated as independent risk factors for TB infection in children. We evaluated associations between census tract poverty, crowding, foreign-born population, and the CDC's Social Vulnerability Index (CDC-SVI) ranking and TB infection in a population of children tested for TB infection in Boston, Massachusetts...
August 14, 2023: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene